Building construction



Aug. 13, 19 9- s. A. GRITZNER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed May 26, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet FIG. 1

S. A. GRITZNER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Aug. 13, 1929.

Filed May 26, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 13, 1929.

SILAS A. GBITZNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed May 26,

This invention relates to building constructions and has for its object to provide a new and improved building construction particularly adapted for summer houses. It is becoming more and more the practice for the people in the cities to have summer cottages', and it is becoming imperative that these summer cottages be reduced in cost so as to be within the financial reach of large numbers of people. It is also necessary that in addition to being of low cost, the structures shall have porches and screens and can be easily closed up in the winter time to pro-- tect the various parts.

The invention has as a further object to provide a building construction for summer homes which can be easily and quickly erected and which can be easily and quickly closed up in the winter time, and easily and quickly opened up in the summer time, the closing members acting as the porch roofs when opened and as the closing and protecting members when closed. The invention has other objects which are more particularly pointed out in the accompanying description.

Referring now to the drawings:

Figure 1 is anend view of one form of device embodying the invention showing the parts in position when the house is in use.

Figure 2 is a side view' of the construction shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 33 in Figure 2, on a larger scale than Figs. 1 and 2, parts of the building being omitted, and details of the construction not appearing in other views illustrated.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 with parts broken away showing the end screen folded in.

Figure 5' is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the porch construction in its closed position.

Figure 6 is an enlarged cross sectional view through a portion of the roof of the main structure.

Figure 7 is a sectional view showing one form of holding device for the outer folding wall of the auxiliary construction.

Figure 8 is a horizontal sectional view showing a modified construction of the auxiliary device when in use.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8 showing the auxiliary device folded.

1924. Serial Nb. 715,826.

Like numerals refer tolike parts throughout the several figures.

Referring now to the drawings I have shown the building construction consisting of a roof made up of the inclined roof portions Land 2. These are supported by a series of supports 3, the roofsections pro jecting beyond these supports so as to provide the overhanging portions a. The supports 3 may have siding material thereon provided with door and window openings arranged as desired. Pivotally connected with the cross members 3 are the adjustable roof sections 5 and 6. These roof sections may be hinged to the cross members 3" in any suitablet manner. I prefer to provide metal. rods 7 extending along the structure, the roof sections 5 and 6 being rotatably connected therewith and when open forming the porch roofs. The overhanging portions 't protect' these pivoted connections from the weather, and also protect the points .where the roof butts against the main structure. The portions 5 of .the roof preferably project beyond their pivotal points 7 so that when the roof is closed the end 5 will close the space between the pivotal point 7 and the projecting parts 4 of the main roof. Pivotally connected with the porch roof sections 5 and 6 are the screens 8, there being suitable supports 10 for holding the porch roof sections in their operativev open posiions as shown in Figure 1. The main struc ture is provided preferably with a concrete floor 11 which has portions 12 which project beyond the main structure to form the floor of the porches. The supports 10 of the porches are preferably held in position against lateral movement by the holding pieces 13 imbedded in the concrete floors, and fitting into the sockets ll in the supports 10.

\Vl1en it is desired to release the holding pieces 13 from these supports 10 it is only necessary to lift the supports so as to lift the sockets free from theholding pieces,

whereupon the supports and screens maybe moved about their pivotal points. The roof of the main portion of the structure is preferably made adjustable so that the inclination thereof may be varied, or the width of the structure varied. This result is secured by pivoting the supporting members 15 of the roof at their meeting points 16 and then providing these supporting members with a series of holes 17 for the pivots 18 which connect them to the supports 3. The pivots 1.8 may be made of water pipes 19, as shown in Figure 6, connected to some suitable sourceof water supply, and pipes 20 may lead therefrom to any desired position where the water is to be used. The space between the main roof and the auxiliary part of the porch roof may be provided with suitable windows 21 which may be pivoted at the top so that they may be moved into the dotted position as shown in Figure 5. The projecting portions 5 of the porch roofs preferably project under these windows as shown in Figure 3 when the porch is in its operative position. At the ends of the porches are the screen sections 22 which are hinged to the main portion of the structure at 23 as shown in Figure 4. In Figures 8 and 9 I have shown a modified construction wherein the end screens 24 are pivoted at 25, and they have pivoted to them the sections 26 of the side screens so that the parts are folded by folding together the parts 24 J and 26 as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 8, and then folding these sections up against the wall as shown in Figure 9, the roof section 5 being let down as indicated in said Figure 9. At one end of the structure a folding garage may also be provided by means of the roof 5 pivoted at 5 and the side supports 8 pivoted to the roof so that they may be folded up against the roof sections and the roof sections folded against the side of the structure. WVhen it-is desired to .close up the house the end screens 22 are folded against the side of the main structure as shown in Figure 4. The screens 8 and the supports 10 are then disconnected from the holding devices 13 and folded up on the inside of the roof 5 and the section 8 and the roof section 5 are then folded down against the side of the main structure as shown in Figure 5.

It will thus be seen that I provide here a cheap, efficient building construction particularly adapted for summer homes.

I claim:

1. A building construction comprising a main portion having a roof comprising two parts pivotally united longitudinally" at the apex of the roof supports therefor, the edges of the roof overhanging the supports and having adjustable connections with the said supportswhereby the pitch of the roof parts may be varied, a porch roof portion pivoted to said main portion, a side section pivoted to said porch roof portion, the side section adapted to be folded up under the porch roof portion and the porch roof portion adapted to be folded down against said main portion when the device is not in use.

2.v A building construction comprising a main portion having inclined roof sections, vertical supports therefor, and pivots uniting the roof sections with their supports such pivots consisting of water pipes for the building.

3. A building construction comprising a main portion having a roof, supports therefor, the edge portions of the roof overhang; ing the supports, a porch roof pivotally sup ported on a pivotal line located below the overhanging portion of the roof and outside of the supports for the main roof, the inner part of the porch roof extending inwardly beyond its pivotal support, the arrangement being such that when the pivoted porch roof is extended there is an open space between the main roof and the porch roof, and when the porch roof is folded down to a position approximately parallel with the support for the main roof the inwardly extending portion of the porch roof lies under the overhanging part of the main roof near its edge to form a closure between such edge and the pivotal connection of the porch roof.

4. The structure described in claim 3 provided with hinged closures for the space between the inner edge of the porch roof and the main roof, when the porch roof'is extended.

5. A building construction comprising a main portion having a roof, cross members below said. roof projecting beyond the main portion, an auxiliary roof pivoted to said cross members, a portion of said auxiliary roof projecting beyond the pivots in the direction of the main portion, said auxiliary roof adapted to be moved down along the side of the main portion, the portion of the auxiliary roof which projects beyond the pivot covering the space between the cross members and the roof.

6. A device of the kind described comprising a roof, supporting parts therefor connected thereto, a cement floor, and holding pieces in the form of pins imbedded in the cement and extending above the surface thereof, the supporting parts of the roof being provided with sockets adapted to fit over the exposed ends of the holding pieces.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 16th day of May,

SILAS A. GRITZNER. 

